One of the 76er forums said we should have to compensate them lol. Yea cuz it was us who made the dumbest trade ever. lol An people were saying orlando's was bad. He will not play one minute as a 76er in his career. I see him going to another team next year.

PHILADELPHIA -- The 76ers let Andrew Bynum break the news about the latest setback with his damaged knees on Friday, then acted as if they weren’t sure what was going on with the guy they’re paying $16.5 million this season.

The truth is that the 7-foot, 285-pound former All-Star center who has yet to play a game as a Sixer may be out for the season and will learn in December, at the earliest, whether he’ll require surgery that could sideline him for up to a year.

If that’s the case, the market value for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent is likely shot.

One internationally respected orthopedic surgeon, who is not involved with Bynum’s treatment and has not seen his MRIs, told The News Journal that all of the information that has been released by the player and the Sixers points to a likely diagnosis of osteochondritis dessicans lesions. The surgeon said that if this is the case, there’s a small chance that Bynum’s knees could heal sufficiently on their own in time for him to return for the playoffs this season, but called that scenario “wishing on a star.”

“While they can heal non-operatively, they can take a long time [four to six months] to heal, and in adult athletes, frequently they will require surgical intervention at some point if there isn’t adequate healing within the first several months of treatment,” the surgeon said.He added that if the 25-year-old returns to the court too early and the lesions become large enough, the condition could become career threatening. The surgeon spoke on condition of anonymity because Bynum is not his patient, but this probable diagnosis, given the player’s symptoms and treatment thus far, is backed up by reams of medical literature.

“I started investigating [the bowling] a little bit,” Twersky said. “And one of the people that I hit, a guy who has played with him before, he texted me back and said ‘I don’t know if that’s true [the bowling], but I do know that I’ve never met another player in the league who likes basketball less [than Bynum].”

“The disclaimer is, I don’t know Andrew like that. From what I hear, he’s a good guy,” Twersky said. “But the fact that I heard this from a guy who has played with him before, it kind of made me think, ‘what’s going on here exactly?’ That’s not the kind of a guy that I necessarily want to be maxing out.”

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By Sean Deveney Sporting News

For all his immaturity and on-court inconsistency, there is really only one overarching concern when it comes to the development of center Andrew Bynum as an NBA star—his health. Certainly, this season has not given his new team, the Sixers, much confidence when it comes to the chronically troubled knees of Bynum, and both the team and Bynum’s camp are being cagey about the details of his current problems.

Now, according to a report in the Delaware News Journal, speculation has it that Bynum’s problem is osteochondral lesions, which would keep Bynum out at least until March or possibly for the entire year if he chose to have surgery. It’s important to note, though, that the report cited a diagnosis made by a doctor who simply looked at the information available, not one involved in Bynum’s treatment.

Bynum, who had a breakout All-Star year last season with averages of 19.1 points and 12.1 rebounds, was acquired from the Lakers in August as part of the four-team trade that sent Dwight Howard to L.A., with Philadelphia shuffling All-Star guard Andre Iguodala to Denver. The Sixers knew he was an injury risk when they traded for him, as Bynum has piled up a litany of injuries to both knees in his seven NBA seasons. When he was coming out of high school as a 17-year-old in 2005, one reason he slipped to the Lakers was because of concerns about surgery he had had on his right knee.

Bynum underwent Orthokine treatments just before training camp to stimulate the healing from arthritis in both knees, causing him to miss his first practices with the Sixers. The Sixers shut Bynum down for three weeks of camp, before an MRI revealed a bone bruise on his right knee that was expected to keep him out longer. Last week, Bynum admitted that he injured his left knee while bowling, further pushing back the timetable for his return.

At this rate, though, Bynum—who will be a free agent after the season—might never play a game for Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA -- Andrew Bynum is out indefinitely and there is no timetable for his first game with the Philadelphia 76ers.

The All-Star center was acquired from the Los Angeles Lakers in a four-team trade before the season. He had been recovering from a bone bruise on his right knee and his return has now been pushed back four times since the beginning of training camp.

The Sixers were hoping Bynum would be cleared to return to basketball activities by Dec. 10 before he injured his left knee while bowling two weeks ago.

Sixers general manager Tony DiLeo says Bynum has "bilateral bone bruises and a weakened cartilage state" in his knees. Still, DiLeo defended the trade that sent All-Star forward Andre Iguodala to Denver in the multiteam deal.